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a CROOKED CONCERN.
How tho Edmiston y Wnddeli Company
Did Busluess Without Monov

no" mo Eunistoh y Nnuuell Company
Did Buslness Without Money.
New IoEK, March 29-In the Astor
House this afternoon was q room full of
the creditors OF the Edmiston & Waddell
Company, OF Brooklyn, the story OF whose
failure wac published last Friday. They
We're rs mad 90 wet hens, and saw but the
slightest chance OF realizing anything on
the debts against the company. They
were oil representatives OF manufacturing
houses all over the country. Several EN-.
pioyes whose pay accounts are short sey.
eral hundred dollare were with them.
They footsd up $4,000 or 100000 of in
dcbtadness due them from the stranded
company.
The two partners hsd absconded, the
books hat raniahed, and were, some of
tho creditosa thought, probably with the
stock. which had been spirited TO Cincin-
natl by the euterprising agent OF the
Emerson Il Fisher Company. lie had
MIXED the COW and got in before 1t rain.
ed. The creditors hope TO make that
company show reason for making its har.
ves:or give up the plnnder for fair diyi-
sion, il tho property they obtained proves
to ba pluNder. They will discuss the
question again tomorrow morning and dc.
eide on plan OF Gction. "There ia no
doubt but that the members OF the firm
ERE in Csrada," ssid one creditor, "and
why they should fly there un.
lers there has been cooked
work l can't imagine" "Orooked
work ?" said another. perhaps they were
honest and we'll meaning, but how does
this look? Two men five or six years ago
join partnership with $500 and an old
moving machine. Then they form them.
Relyes into stock company and loaye
those deb!s outstanding. They haven't
been paid upI to-day. Then their capital
stock is $50, 900. one hall paid in they get
y fsi. rating, estnOlinh branch companies
at San Francisco, Chicago. and Dallas
Tex, ard uee their notes (straw no,es) as
coiaterslu. They didn't do business OF
over $3.50 600 year, and how they could
lose S250,0G0 out Of the profits is beyond
explanation unless ii is crooked work."
The last estimate OF the total liabilities of
the wrecked firm Ioots up S250,O 900. None
OF the local banks who hold tho firms
notes with the iiimsy collateral were rep
re6entGd in the meeting.
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SrRSGrIELp, ILL.,, March 29.-It is said
ths. General Master Workman Powderly
has written several letterg to conservative
knights Of Labor in the Noy,hEent, con.
deinnng tho course OF Senator Burke and
Representative Robreak in attending the
funcra! Of Anarchist Neehe's wife recently
in Chicago.
lie saya,l.at, being members OF the Leg
islature, they could not attend ns individ'
uas, but were there in their official ca.
paciiiep, as far 40 the public ia concerned,
much ,o the injury Of honest Knights oi
Labor. NJ. powderly 10 strong and out
spoken in the matter, and does not lIesi
tate 10 express himself thereon.
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NEw Yor4, March 29-Tho SIayner'
Ives party to-day held conference with
the Brice.TlIolaas party in relation to the
Is. & o. purchase. The conference ia aaitl
to have been in relation 10 the E;ia road
joining the Bystcm which in 10 operale
the Baltimore Il Ohio when tho control II
transferred, but no definite particulars
ran no obtained,
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PALrs1iSE, TEX, March Ex-senator j.
II. Reagan met with esvers accident at
his rceidance, two miles wes! OF this city,
yesterday.
The Senator ia in the ,habit Of taking
horseback cxeraiHo every morning before
brcaEilst. Yesterday morning in mount
ing his horse for his cuato'nary ride tho
saddle, being iDsecureIy fastened, turned
with hia weight, throwing him violently
10 the ground and intlcting revere In.
jury 10 iid spine. While his injuries .re
nerioua no intal resulta arc anticipated.
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Eject of Gindstune'y Spsech.

LONDON, March 29.-Gladstone srse ch
was widely commented upon as an effective
exposure Of the feebleness OF the Govern.
ments reasons for demanding Coercion.
The strength Of his reasoning is admitted
by Conservatives and felt keenly by the
Unionlsts-Liberals, more OF whom
threaten to secede unless the coer
cion bill be reduced to a simplc
provision against hoycottipg and the
"plan OF campaign" Conservatives are
already talking Of dropping the proposals
relating 10 the transfer OF trials, especially
since the Unioniats papers in the prov.
inces declare them unteuablo. Gladstone
renewed his defiance Of the government
to attempt to enforce tho closure. Glad.
stonians are confident they can delay the
passage OF the bill until May, and
in the meanwhile are hopeful that
the evolution Of events will fail the whole
scheme. Whips on each side have for
hidden members to be absent during the
holidays unless paired. Radical societies
throughout the country are passing reso.
lutions against the Coercion bill, pro.
nouncinS it impolitic, unjust. Tho Eng.
lish Radical press denounces the measure
in language Of passionate Indignation.
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CAIRo, March 29.-Two Bri.iSh officers,
while hunting in Upper Egypt n few days
ago, accidentally wounded Bcdouir,
who. with pnriy Of his follows, was mss.
Ing, Tho Bcdouins charged upon tho
oiliccra and in tho fight which ousuei ono
OF tho Boiouins was killed. Tho ollicorr
were tcftibly nraien anu would i,ny,
been hanged had not fortune favored
them with an opportunity 10 egcspe by
flight,
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HA1SS, ARK, March 29.-Much excite.
ment prevails in this city over the murder
of benjamin Mobh0, respectable citizen
oil thia placa, who was found hanging in
his house. Mohhs lived alone and was
known to roBseas considerable money,
whici, ho kept in tho house. When
found It wa3 thought that no hni commit.
trd suicide, but further Developments
show him to have haen pDisonod, robbed
and hanged to CONCEAL tho crirv. No ar
rcGts lnvc yet been made.
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CrScSHATI, o., March 90 "A spscia!
from Defiance, Ohio, Gays that n few nights
ago the Cecil hqundict. on the canal was
blown oppE. The night armed men
drove Gsay tho guards vim were watch.
iny the RESERVOIR and blow ont tho banks
in tao p!.ccp, and finally dynamite "aa
uHcL 20 destroy the loCks. i will take
haIf tnn trmrnrr 10 repHir TIC damage
already done. Tho Governor lss been
asked Tor ina;Irctiuns. Iha5e wax y
Hlr0ny effort recsn.ly mads TO have the
Legislature vgca.e the canal st this point.
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O'Conuuil'r Granddaughter Dead.

HALIFAX, March 2O.-ThU death ia an
nounced from st. Johns, n. f., Of Matinnna
Andrews, nROd al, u granddaughter oI
Daniel O'Oonnell, tho Irish I.iherntor
through hiB sOn Daniel. She wns the
widow Of GeorSo Andrews, n nea captain
Tho ,ecpaaed is described as having had
many accomplishments.
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:ffr@:s'u, atcrch .a.-'rl:cTe aps"nr,
to bo n complete deadlock in regard to nr.
bitraLion measures among ll.c GonrelIs.
Wills c,to w0rhprs. The opprators hayo
declined to meet board oI opurs,ors on
which tho Kniphln oi l.pbOr in noL rem.
rcnantci, NJ they hold tina. RI agrscmon,
with unauthorized mnn would not bo al.
hACtivn. John McBridr mud Wm. llullen
havu been selected ~ Rrhi;Fa,ar1 hy tho
Miners AsSoc'ntInn, hnt Lhn nporNtora rn.
insn 10 recognizes them. Hon. John b.
liyrno, who has been selected us the
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GESEEAL GORDON, OF Georgia, in cup
port OF his declaration that many Of the
State prison convic:s ought TO be per.
doned, cites this amongst other cases:
"a co!oroi man who crawied under tent
and stole 15 cents was sentenced to %
yeara imprisonment" Following the war
the Law VAS trap Get to catch negroes,
any offgrse would do. There hna no!
been complete reform in this respect.
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Ngw YoRx, March :9.-Jamea q. Blaine
left tho city thin morning on the s o'clock
train by the Pennsylvania railroad, hound
iG5 ST. LpuiH. llt wHs provided with ?
sprclal Ear VIZ. -Tnd attached 10 il'a rcai
Of tho limilal express. I!o wag accom'
panied ny his youngcut daughter, Hattie
JnInrs Il. Blaine, jr., and wile, Stephen E
Eikinp, vile and young sun.
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Col. FREp GRANT insists that his father
never made confident Of Dsdeau, never
talked much to him anyhow. Tha. can
mako No passiblo difference to Badeau,
who persists in showing how he made a
great man OF Grant, who could easily have
been greater il he had allowed the author
and iaisher Of his fame to do his best.
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BosToS, MAsa, March 2D.-Adolph Al.
hiigh,, who shot tho gamblcrs Flanagan
and Lnnihan yesterday, was nrraignod
thio morning, but tho caso wns continued
two wenha and Albright was remant,cd TO
jGi!. llo in quito cool and collected in his
baaring. flanagan Ia reported to be much
WORSE thia morning and will probably die
during the day or oveninH.
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Alexander Sur,l,

Sr. PETERssuRG, March 29.-It has trans
prod that when Prince Alexsnder, o.
Battenburg, was first deposed from the
Bulgarian throne, and escorted out OF the
country by tho successful conspiratora, he
accepted from them the sum OF 4,9OC
franks, with which to pay his way to his
home n. Darmstadt. The money was
handed to him at Reni, in Bessarabia,
wher"the pdncc's kidnappers parted with
him. A suit to recover the aum has been
inNuguratcl by the rebels who made the
loan,
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ATLANTA. Ga, March ga nPcCIal tr
tho Comtiiniim from Akw0rt nsatca that q
terriblr hail storm accompanied with
wind, Birnck that placn nj 8 o'clock last
night. Two dwellings wcro demolished
and tho occupan,s had narrow escape
from death.
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MAJOR Ben PKEgLY PooRr says it has
cost him about 500 an scre to pick the
stones oil the farm he inherited, but he is
getting thiags into shape and the farm
helps his health. II Major Poore had
only thought Of it in time he would have
saved money by putting down his stakes
in West Virginia where land that will
raise anything may be had for less money.
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GLADsToNE's SPEECH
On tho Irish Coercion niil..An Able Effort
|.... Dy the Ex-preniisr.

I
LONDON, March 29.-Gladstone resume,
debate In the House Of Commons on III,
Irish criminal law amendment bill. H,
was loudly cheered when he arose. II,
said in an issue so grave, proposals 80 ex
treme as those now put forth by the gov
eminent required ample timo for consid
Grafton. lie found himself bound to sup
port Parnoll's amendment, because the
ground on which Balfour baaed
the governments case was alb.
solutely insufficient and unsatisfactory,
Tho governments bill. instead OF being
cure ior Irish ills, or even palliative,
Was measure that would sggrsyate deep.
seated and worse diScords. ".With this
coercion bill" exclaimed Gladstone, "the
prospect Of conciliation vanishes into
thin air. The government intends to OK.
clude the land bill which was tho main
recommendation OF the commission which
Just completed an exhaustive inyestiga-
ton OF the Irish troubles. Nothing re-.
mains but the fguro OF coercion-ba1e,
bold and gaunt-alas, too familiar.
The Right Honorable Chief Secretary
lor Ireland has attempted to excuse the
proposals. on the ground that crime in
Ireland during the last three years has in
creased, but he followed an unuaual
course In reiraining from giving tho
House official information, proving his oil.
legged statistics Of crime in Ireland against
the Government. Takethe instance given
OF threatening letters. In 1885, .i3o such
letters were received. In 1856 but rs
were received. That hardly furnished the
ground for asking Parliament's assent to
the extreme measure OF coercion. Other
classes OF crime amounted in 1885 to Ole.
and in 1855 to 507. Opposition cheers.
II baltour HAD further private informa.
ton lot him speak. 1t was the first time
he, Gladstone, knew OF anonymous ssser.
tions being imposed on Parliament in sup.
port Of demand for Legislation. [Cheers.
As long rs Ireland continued In ner pfee-
ent course OF moderation 30 long would
Liberals be bound to perseyero iu endeay.
oring to assist her. Time world soon
come to many now supporting the cause
OF Ireland whtn the deplorable proposals.
such rs those OF the government would 10
more be associated with the name of Ire.
land, and when 1t would be seen that in
doing what they could now 10 serve the
Irish cause, they were also serving the
cause Of the wide Empire Of Great Britain.
Prolonged cheers.l
Goschen tsunted Gladstone with his
alliance with the National League. lie
asked him how he would continue 10
meet the Leagues constantly increasing
demands till absolute separation should
be completed. Everybody but the alliep
Of the League considered the stste OF Ire.
land intolerable. The Government
would bs disgraced II it retrained from
frustrating the eIorts OF the enemies OF
existing !aws and the opponents Of what
ever remedial measures the Government
might propose.
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ITHACA, N. Y, March GA special
states that the dwelling housc occupied by
Matthew Maasick, at. Ludlogvllle. ten
miles from this place, Was burned between
l2 and o'clock this morning.
Massick and three children perished In
the flames. The Coroner 10 iuvessig .ting
the case. Massick was an cmploye Of the
Lehigh Valley railroad.
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Cotton Mills Destroyed,

COLUMBUS, GA, March 90 The West
Point cotton mills miles below West
Point, Ga, were burned this morning.
The capital stock Of the mills was 500 600.
Thoy worked 80 looms and 800 spindles
on cotton goods. The loss Is total,
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New fonS, March .a-Tho American
Gsa Fuel and Light Company has rcCurod
from Judge Matt"rGon, in Supreme Court
ullRmhcra, m r,LRGhmCnt nga!nnL thn
property Of tho Leinult"r, Walter l.. Law
ton. They clam that no converted to hia
own ugo H,ockn, hOnda and cash 10 the
amount OF Si5,3iO.
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Two cESr poatage has not given the
postal cnrd black eye. The use OF that
great convenience grows, thought 1t Is not
so much abused as formerly by copfding
to it messages which tho receiver prefers
shall come to him under cover.
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urdA, n. Y, March 20.-Willism s.
bartlett, one Of tho hest known residents
OF Clinton, n. y, committed suicidc by
hanging in hia barn to-day. His mind
had been affected for long ,imo. lie
was associsted with many railroad mat.
tors.
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OuR old friend David F. Puyh, formerly
OF Tyler county, now Republican nominee
for Mayor OF Columbus, will be credit to
that city as ita executive head. His rise
in Columbus has been rspid-he has been
there but geven years-but he hes merit
and 8 way Of making friends.
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Whpnt Crun Frozen ont, d,

CoLrMnrs, O., Masch "9.-Specinls to
tho Ohio STATE Journal from franklin,
Fairfield, Delaware, Madison, Faycttc,
Licking, Knox. Union. Pickaway, Clinton
and Muskingum couniica, Indicate that
! tho wheat crop has been badly frozen out.
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THERE were no broken heads in JeiIer.
son county yesterday, and really the Gam.
den men mado small show OF fight. If
thore is nothing more in them, what. have
they been blowing about?
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Mn. BLAINE's wc0tern trip is already
provoking the talented srtillerists who
work the mud batteries. His mistake Is
that he did not apply for permit to be at
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Gkre Aatelliqstrren.
ONCE, So.. 70 md " Fourteenth Street.
BALrouR Ia booming right along. He
will bo over his ears presently.
THE old Nlingo furnace matters como
up with an ugly taste ior the stockholders
who made defense. & n

Mn. Busn, owner Of tho Coronst, dcsires
10 sell her on the other side for sl50.OOO.
lie wants 10 build iaa!er yacht. Some
people arc never Satisfied.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-03-02
THE oNE-HoRSE FARMER.
Principal characteristics of This Peculia
Gneniunnn r,f MI

Principal characteristics of This Peculiar
Specimen of Humanity.
The one-horse farmer has u lifelong
ambition to gain a reputation for wear
ing dirty shirt
He will alarm the neighborhood by
getting up two hours before day, then
set around and not go to work till after
sun-up.
He will ride around a week looking
for a two-dollar hog.
He will complain of hard times, then
tear his pants climbing fence where
gate ought to be.
He will pay three dollars for new
bride, then let the calf chew it to
pieces before Sunday.
He will get all his neighbors to help
in getting a COW out of the bog. then
let her die for the want of attention.
Stock will get in and destroy his
crop at place in his fence that he has
been putting off fixing for six months.
He will sprain his back lifting some
thing to show how st1ong he is.
He will talk all day Sunday on what
he knows about farming, then ride
round the ne ghborhood Monday, hunt
ing seed potatoes.
He will go in his shirt sleeves on a
cold day, to show how much he can
stand, then return home at night and
occupy two-thirds of the fireplace till
bedtime.
He will ridicule the mechanism of a
cotton planter and then go out and
mash his thumb mailing a board on the
fence.
He will go to town on Saturday and
come back with fifty cents worth of
coffee, a paper of pins and dollars
worth of chewing tobacco.
He is economical; economy is his
forte; he will save ten cents worth of
axle grease and ruin the spindle of
seventy-dollar wagon.
He won't subscribe for newspaper.
but will borrow one from his friend
and forget to return it.-Nauasota Tab
let.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-03-02
A GRIM BANKER.
5aron Henickstein's Cheerful Family Col.
lection of Skeletons.

6aron Henickstein's Cheerful Family Col.
lection Of Skeletons.
"Baron Henickstein was a banker in
Vienna, to whom had letter of intro
duction, said a lady to correspondent of
The Cleveland Leader. 'sWith some friends
fcalled upon him. He received US COR
daily. When our business was complet-
ed the Baron invited us to visit his pri.
vate museum, which filled an upper floor
OF the bank building. It had taken the
noble banker some fifty years to form
this collection of rare and valuable an
tiquities. After making the tour Of
the long hall the Baron drew
from his pocket massive
iron key and unlocking the door at one end
beckoned us to follow him into dimly
lighted room. On entering we saw ranged
about it a series of tall and narrow ma
hogany wardrobes, the doors of which our
host rapidly threw open, disclosing to our
astonished gaze grim and CHASTITY human
skeleton in each
"sLadies,' said this extraordinary man,
let me introduce you to this select circle Of
my intimate friends-friends, ladies, in
whom confide all, and who reveal
nothing. Here is my beautiful Etalka,
the love of my youth, who cast aside her
flesh half a century ago and is still true tc
me. This is all that remains to me of old
Heinrich, the faithful cashier for forty
years of my father and myself. Enter and
fear nothingp And as much afraid
Of refusing as to obey we passed the
box and found ourselves standing in a
close, cell-like apartment, hung with
heavy black draperies, and lavishly orna.
mented with armorial bearings and nu.
merous DEATHS heads and crossbones,
Nearly filling the place was a huge casket
or coffin Of ebony, lined with black velvet,
and arranged to receive body; and on
the silver-plate attached to the lid was in.
scribed the Baron's name and title, with
blank space left for his age and date of
death. To the foot of the coffin was at
tached a parchment scroll, containing in.
structions for the Baron's funeral, in
which, among other stipulations, he di-
rected that the horses attached to the
hearse should be driven on fast trot to q
tune he had his music-box play for u.s."
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-03-02
TOO INITIATIVE.
Why Venerable Maiden Lady Had to
Part With an Initiative Bird.

Why Venerable Maiden Lady Had to
Part With an Initiative Bird.
A gentleman residing in Ceylon wished
to make present to a maiden aunt of his
living in London, and he could think Of
nothing 80 suitable and likely to be q
source OF amusement to her as mina-n
small bird, corresponding in appear ance
and size to an English blackbird, and riv.
aling the parrot in powers of imitation.
Proc uring good specimen of the species,
fresh from the forest he set watch
upon his own tongue, avoiding all slang,
and being very careful in respect OF
grammar. Then, taking the bird on board
vessel about to sail for England he.
gave it to the ships cook, with a
promise that if the bird was de-
livered into the hands of the
lady with its vocabulary undefled bonus
of ten shillings would be forthcoming
whereupon the cook promised to take ali
possible care of the bird-to Dourish him
and watch over his morals. On the vcy.
age the nina exercised marked influ-
ence for good over one part, at least, OF
the vessel, and the cooks cuddy was a
perfect hall of propriety, and in due
course he received his ten shillings. A
few weeks passed, and then the gentle.
man in CeyIon received letter from his
aunt. She thanked him for his gift, but
said she had been obliged to part with the
mina-not, however, on account of the ex.
pressions he made use of, for his language
was correctness itself, but she could not
endure all day long plaintive cries CT
Steward" with marvellous, never-ceas
ing limitations Of the distressful sounds
issuing from the lips of passengers s,s4s;.
ing from seasickness.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-03-02
For Good Purposes.

Mrs. NJ. A. Dauphin, Of Philadelphia, is
well known to the ladies of that city from
the great good she has done by means OF
Lydia E. Pinkhar1's Vegetable Compound.
She writes Mrs. Pinkham Of a recent in
teresting case. GA young married lady
came to me suffering with severe case OF
Prolapsus and liberation. She commenced
taking the Compound and in two months
was fully restored. In proof of this she soon
found herself in an interesting condition.
Influenced by FOOLS b friends she attempted
to evade the responsibilities of maternity
After ten or twelve days she came to me
again and she was indeed in most alarm
ing state and suffered terribly. gave her
a tablespoonful Of the compound every
hour for eight hours until she fell asleep,
she awoke much relieved and evidently
better. She continued taking the Com
pound, and in due season she became the
mother Of fine healthy boy. But for the
timely use Of the medicine she believes her
life would have been lost"